OpenAI faces sales tax hurdles & moves payment data from Stripe to cut costs

by | Feb 11, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

OpenAI is navigating complex state sales tax regulations as it expands internal shopping features for ChatGPT. The AI giant is considering building its own tax compliance infrastructure to handle transactions directly rather than relying solely on third-party integrations like Shopify. Concurrently, the firm struck a deal to move payment data storage away from Stripe to diversify its processing partners and reduce costs.

Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.

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